Table 3: Poor prognostic factors among patients with tuberculous meningitis.
Variables | Mortality | Univariate analysis | ||||||
Death | Alive | |||||||
n | % | n | % | HR | (95% CI) | p-value* | ||
Intubation | Yes | 11 | 61.1 | 14 | 32.6 | 2.618 | 1.013-6.766 | 0.047 |
No | 7 | 38.9 | 29 | 67.4 | ||||
Procedures1 | Yes | 8 | 44.4 | 8 | 18.6 | 2.662 | 1.047-6.770 | 0.04 |
No | 10 | 55.6 | 35 | 81.4 | ||||
CSF protein | < 400 mg/L | 5 | 27.8 | 2 | 4.7 | |||
400-1000 mg/L | 3 | 16.7 | 13 | 30.2 | 3.02 | 1.028-8.870 | 0.044 | |
> 1000 mg/L | 10 | 55.6 | 28 | 65.1 | 0.701 | 0.193-2.548 | 0.59 | |
Tuberculoma | Yes | 3 | 16.7 | 0 | 0 | 4.153 | 1.192-14.469 | 0.025 |
No | 15 | 83.3 | 42 | 100 |
*p < 0.05; 1Ventricular-peritoneal shunting or External ventricular drain; CSF = Cerebrospinal Fluid.